William Zinsser's Writing Advice, Literary Rules for Social Media, and More

Every day Poets & Writers Magazine scans the headlines—from publishing reports to academic announcements to literary dispatches—for all the news that creative writers need to know. Here are today’s stories:

The New York Timessits down with William Zinsser, the venerable author of On Writing Well, who is still dispensing writing advice and teaching at ninety.

A new documentary entitled Out of Print screened this past week at the Tribeca Film Festival. Directed by Vivienne Roumani, the film looks at the current shift to electronic texts, and features Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, and Author’s Guild president Scott Turow, among others. (PBS)

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